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GUYANA | APNU/AFC demand PPP MP Oneidge …
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 24, 2020 - Guyana’s Opposition APNU/AFC has demanded the immediate resignation of Government minister Oneidge Walrond Allicock and her removal as a PPP Member of Parliament. Waldron...
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JAMAICA | MoBay's Cornwall Courts and Ki…
KINGSTON, October 24, 2020 - The areas of Rae Town in Kingston and Cornwall Courts in St. James have been placed under special area curfew. This took effect on Friday...
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GUYANA | Hughes objects to PPP MP servin…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 24, 2020 - Attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes has objected to the government’s appointment of sitting parliamentarian for the governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Attorney-at-Law Sanjeev Datadin to prosecute...
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GUYANA | Court to hear Election Petition…
GUYANA, OCTOBER 22, 2020 – Despite the strategic decision by the Opposition APNU/AFC to file two separate election petitions seeking to overturn the March 2 General and Regional Elections, Chief...
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GUYANA | DPP's withdrawal of Larceny cha…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 22, 2020 - The APNU/AFC Coalition has expressed its dismay with the recent decision of the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Shalimar Ali-Hack to withdraw charges against...
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WASHINGTON | Jamaica votes Yes but 9 CAR…
WASHINGTON, DC, October 21, 2020 - Jamaica on Wednesday joined The Bahamas, Haiti, and St. Lucia in voting in favour of a US sponsored resolution at the Organisation of American...
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GUYANA | Toy Gun assailant attacks polic…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 21, 2020 - One day prior to the start of the case management of the much-anticipated elections petition the Guyana police are baffled as to why a...
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GUYANA | Government intensifies pressure…
GEORGETOWN, October 20, 2020 - As the hearing of the Elections Petitions case by the Guyana Supreme Court into the March 2 General Elections draws closer, the new PPP administration...
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GUYANA | Nigel and Cathy Hughes property…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 19, 2020 - Arson is suspected, at a property on Middle Street Georgetown, owned by attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes and his wife Opposition MP and former Cabinet member...
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ANTIGUA | Work Permit Freeze; Nationals …
ST. JOHNS, Antigua - October 17, 2020 - The Antigua and Barbuda Government is shoring up its political fortunes by ensuring that nationals are given first priority for work, particularly...
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JAMAICA | Despite damning WHO report, Tu…
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, October 17, 2020 - Despite a damning report from the World Health Organization that the anti-viral drug remdesivir has little to no effect on Covid-19 patients' chances...
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GUYANA | Charges against GECOM Staff cou…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 17, 2020 - Lead Counsel for APNU/AFC Roysdale A. Forde, has cautioned that private and other charges that have been brought against members of the staff of...
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WASHINGTON | OAS Permanent Council Prepa…
WASHINGTON DC, October 14, 2020 - The Organization of America States (OAS) will hold the 50th Regular Session of its General Assembly between October 20-21. The sessions which due to...
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JAMAICA | Robinson wants Gov't to mediat…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 16, 2020: Opposition spokesperson on Technology, Julian Robinson, has renewed his call for the Government to engage in mediation with tablet device provider GeoTech, who brought in...
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GUYANA | Election Petition Case Manageme…
GEORGETOWN, October 15, 2020- The case management element of the election petition brought by the APNU/AFC Coalition challenging the validity of Guyana’s March 2 General and Regional Elections is set...
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GUYANA | Chief Elections Officer face ne…
GEORGEWTOWN, Guyana, October 12, 2020 – C. Nigel Hughes, Attorney for Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield, is of the opinion that new forgery and misconduct charges filed by the Guyana...
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JAMAICA | Government Targets Enhanced Economic Growth Through …
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JAMAICA | PNP agrees with the delay in face to face learning w…
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, September 23, 2020: Shadow Minister of Education and Training, Dr Ángela Brown Burke, M.P., syas she is in…
JAMAICA | Opposition wants Gov't to remove GCT from computers …
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JAMAICA | PNP names Interim Shadow Cabinet
Kingston, Jamaica, September 21, 2020: People’s National Party (PNP) President and Leader of the Opposition Dr Peter Ph…
GUYANA | Nigel and Cathy Hughes property firebombed; Arson sus…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 19, 2020 - Arson is suspected, at a property on Middle Street Georgetown, owned by attorney-at-la…
GUYANA | APNU/AFC Coalition warns PPP Gov’t: Desist or face re…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 10, 2020 - A demand by the Guyana police to further question the Chair of the Opposition People’s…
ST. VINCENT | Vincentians go to the polls Nov. 5 to elect a n…
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T&T | IMF warns that COVID-19 could pressure some TT Banks
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BARBADOS | Mottley objects to EU's Blacklisting of Barbados, A…
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BARBADOS | Mottley thanks PAHO for help to Region, calls for r…
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SURINAME | China lashes back at Pompeo's criticisms
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CUBA reopens its borders to international tourism
HAVANA, Cuba, September 24, 2020 - Granma - The renowned Cuban beach resorts of Jardines del Rey and Cayo Santa María, off th…
UN | Devastated by pandemic, tourism sector must be rebuilt in…
Launching his latest policy brief, on tourism, Secretary-General António Guterres, pointed out that the industry “employs one…
CAYMAN | Gov't very cautious about re-opening its borders to v…
GRAND CAYMAN, August 15, 2020 - The government of the Cayman Islands is learning from the experience of its neighbours …
JAMAICA | US State Department issues COVID-19 travel advisory …
MONTEGO BAY, August 7, 2020 - Against the background of reopening the tourist industry and the government's targeting of US v…
JAMAICA | Basil Waite laments the impending closure of Appleto…
St Elizabeth, Jamaica, July 21, 2020: People’s National Party’s parliamentary candidate for North East St. Elizabeth, M…
JAMAICA | JC Hutchinson Apologises for "my errors of jud…
KINGSTON, July 17, 2020 – “I wish to apologise to the prime minister, my party, my cabinet colleagues, and most importantly t…
JAMAICA | Embattled JC Hutchinson removed from Agriculture, Re…
KINGSTON, Jamaica July 17, 2020- Prime Minister Andrew Holness has relieved Minister JC Hutchinson from the responsibilities …
JAMAICA | PNP wants JC Hutchinson to resign, points to connect…
KINGSTON, JAMAICA. JULY 15, 2020: The People's National Party (PNP) says information now in the public domain relating t…
CARICOM | Barbados' Ambassador to CARICOM wants work out a sol…
BRIDGETOWN, October 7, 2020 - Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong, has proposed that a remedial process be quic…
GUYANA | Race Tension High In Guyana, Civil unrest possible
GEORGETOWN, Guyana. August 29, 2020 - All is not well in Guyana as simmering political tension over the arrest and detention …
CARICOM | CARICOM demands reparatory justice after centuries o…
Georgetown, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is today calling for reparation justice for its nations …
CARICOM congratulates Guyana's new President, Irfan Ali
TURKEYEN, Georgetown, Guyana Aug. 3, 2020- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) today congratulated the new presiden…
BARBADOS | Six More Months For Cuban Nurses In Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, October 6, 2020 - Despite efforts by the United States government to intimidate regional countrie…
JAMAICA| Jamaica assumes Chair of OAS Permanent Council; Marks…
WASHINGTON DC, October 2, 2020 – Jamaica this week was elevated to the Chair of the Organization of American Stat…
JAMAICA | Gleaner Editorial warns Guyana's President Irfaan Al…
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, October 1, 2020 - Jamaica’s Daily Gleaner newspaper has weighed in on what has become an untenable situ…
JAMAICA | More Cuban doctors not less in the struggle against …
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica Sept. 30, 2020 - The Jamaica Cuba Friendship Association says it condemns what it said was a vile attemp…
JAMAICA | Mobile Field Hospital A Timely U.S. Gift To Help Fig…
WASHINGTON DC, September 25, 2020 – Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks has thanked the United States gove…
DIASPORA | Montegonian Michael King new head of NYPD Special V…
NEW YORK, New York, September 10, 2020 - Deputy Police Inspector Michael King, who hails from Montego Bay, Jamaica and who sp…
DIASPORA | Jamaica Diaspora Day of Prayer and Fasting: Its Ori…
BROOKLYN, NY, August 2, 2020 - Despite living thousands of miles away in lands far from Jamaica's shores, members of th…
DIASPORA | US Senate Chaplain to preach at Independence Thanks…
WASHINGTON, DC, July 27, 2020 - Jamaicans in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia (DMV) comprising the Washington …
World Bank Predicts Unprecedented Recession in Latin America
The region's economic activity is projected to contract by 7.2 percent, much more steeply than during the global financial …
The U.K. Denies Venezuela Access to Gold for Food and Medicine…
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VENEZUELA | Mercenary Operations Against Venezuela: An Evoluti…
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VENEZUELA | Military Foils Terrorist Infiltration from Colombi…
CARACAS, VENEZUELA, May 3, 2020 - The Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace of Venezuela, Nestor Reverol, announced on Sund…
ETHIOPIA | IMF reaches Staff-Level Agreement for first review …
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Somali special forces rescues 33 children kept hostages by ins…
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AFRICA | Children in Nigeria and surrounding countries, contin…
Girls and boys in northeast Nigeria are continuing to endure brutal abuse at the hands of Boko Haram, and are also being deep…
PALESTINE | France Endorses an Autonomous State Solution for …
France's Foreign Affairs Ministry called for an end to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through a two-state solution and…
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was 'fairly likely' p…
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AFRICA | Mali president Ibrahim Keita resigns after military…
BAMAKO, Mali, August 19, 2020 - Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned at about midnight on Tuesday and dissolv…
Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month; Vi…
The United Nations says coronavirus-linked hunger is leading to the deaths of 10,000 children a month in the first year of th…
COVID-19 to plunge global economy into worst recession since W…
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NEW YORK | UN Seeks Financing Solutions to COVID-19 Meltdown
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IMF Executive Board approves Immediate Debt Relief for 25 coun…
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GUYANA | Court to hear Election Petition Preliminary arguments…
GUYANA, OCTOBER 22, 2020 – Despite the strategic decision by the Opposition APNU/AFC to file two separate election petitions …
GUYANA | DPP's withdrawal of Larceny charges against Attorney …
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 22, 2020 - The APNU/AFC Coalition has expressed its dismay with the recent decision of the Direct…
GUYANA | Toy Gun assailant attacks police at Chief Justice's h…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 21, 2020 - One day prior to the start of the case management of the much-anticipated elections pe…
GUYANA | Charges against GECOM Staff could be thrown out if th…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 17, 2020 - Lead Counsel for APNU/AFC Roysdale A. Forde, has cautioned that private and othe…
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Chris Gayle Points to Political Spite in departure from Tallaw…
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JAMAICA | Singer, Songwriter Bob Andy is Dead at 75
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JAMAICA | Happy Birthday Bob Marley
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JAMAICA | Reggae Films in the Park, February 2020
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JAMAICA | Holness wants action on sustainable global recovery …
KINGSTON, Jamaica September 29, 2020 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness is calling on world leaders to action a global recovery …
JAMAICA | In excess of 100 persons have died in Jamaica as a r…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 29, 2020 – As the Ministry of Health and Wellness continues to battle the Coronavirus pand…
CUBA | Cuba's COVID-19 Vaccine may soon be available to PAHO -…
HAVANA, Cuba, September 27, 2020 - As the world awaits the delivery of a vaccine that will attack the COVID-19 pandemic, hund…
JAMAICA | Another COVID death pushes total to 77; 193 new cas…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 25, 2020 - The number of COVID-19 related deaths in Jamaica has increased to 77 after a 58 year …
Scientists design a novel formula that repels and kills mosqui…
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COVID-19 | Phones Could Track the Spread of Covid-19. Is It a …
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Huawei and 5G: UK had little choice but say yes to Chinese – h…
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GUYANA | Digicel slams gov’t for “dark ages” telecoms sector, …
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 31, 2020 - A day after the Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes, boasted of …
GUYANA | Guyana’s second royalty payment deposited in NRF
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 1, 2020- The second payment for Guyana’s oil and gas royalties has been deposited in the Natural R…
GUYANA | Bringing gas to shore is well advanced says Energy Di…
DPI, Guyana, Monday, May 25, 2020 - As Guyana’s oil and gas sector continues to grow and diversify, Director of the Departmen…
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With the greatest of respect, I am firmly of the view that Prime Minister Andrew Holness “fly pass him nest” a few days…
GUYANA | Burke seeks Nancy Pelosi's Intervention into Pompeo's…
MONTEGO BAY, July 16, 2020 - President of the Caribbean Institute for Democracy in Brooklyn, New York, Rickford Burke, …
JAMAICA | PM Manley's Misadventures or PM Holness' political d…
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CUBA | Cuba's historical and cultural legacy highlighted in Ja…
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CAYMAN ISLANDS | Governor releases UK instructions on Domestic…
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WEATHER | Gonzalo weakening in intensity, Storm warning discon…
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WEATHER | Gonzalo expected to become first hurricane of 2020
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JAMAICA | NEPA Encourages Beach Operators to get licenced
KINGSTON, March 28, 2020- The National Environmental and Planning Agency, NEPA, has embarked on a programme aimed at encourag…
JAMAICA | NEPA appealing for help to catch crocodile killers
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 2, 2020 - The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is aware of a series of videos a…
JAMAICA | Gov’t Taking Disaster Resilience Seriously – Holness
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